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NancyBrooke
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Leila, since you are the first to express such an interest - go for it! I thought there'd be a fight over Legolas, I really did.
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Leila
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| Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| NancyBrooke wrote: | | Leila, since you are the first to express such an interest - go for it! I thought there'd be a fight over Legolas, I really did. |
So did I.
What about Faramir?
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Thuriniel
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I'll take Feanor ... unless he proves too hot to handle  !
I wonder if we should make a list of questions to answer (whenever possible) about the character, such as heritage, spouse, physical appearance (I find wrong hair color of canon characters most annoying), children and so on. Sort of like creating a file.
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sindohte
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| Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:24 am Post subject: |
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Having a list of questions to answer about each character would be a good idea. It would be a good way to have each character bio in a roughly standardized format with everyone else's. And including all of the important battles each character took part in would be important to know as well.
And would Tolkien's letters be another good source of information about the various characters? I don't happen to have that book (or at least not yet) so I wonder if there might be tidbits of information that people could find helpful in there.
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:41 am Post subject: |
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| Leila wrote: | | NancyBrooke wrote: | | Leila, since you are the first to express such an interest - go for it! I thought there'd be a fight over Legolas, I really did. |
So did I.
What about Faramir? |
Yeah, Yeah, him too.
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:45 am Post subject: |
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| Thuriniel wrote: | | I'll take Feanor ... unless he proves too hot to handle ! |
Signed you up!
| Thuriniel wrote: | | I wonder if we should make a list of questions to answer (whenever possible) about the character, such as heritage, spouse, physical appearance (I find wrong hair color of canon characters most annoying), children and so on. Sort of like creating a file. |
I think that sounds like a great idea. I've begun my Boromir FAQ and will cull a list from that for you all to look at and potentially add to. Perhaps the template, when finalized can head the Library thread.
| sindohte wrote: | | And would Tolkien's letters be another good source of information about the various characters? I don't happen to have that book (or at least not yet) so I wonder if there might be tidbits of information that people could find helpful in there. |
Yes, thanks for calling my attention there. I'd consider anything written by the Professor and/or Christopher to be primary sources.
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Here are the things I 'filled in' in my Character FAQ of Boromir:
Name:
Title(s):
Born:
Father:
Mother:
Siblings:
Spouse:
Children:
Lineage:
Dies:
Appearance:
Character:
Synopsis of important events:
(Look! Learned a new trick from Elentari  )
Would this serve as a template? Comments, please.
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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Apologies if this has been asked before, but once we have our FAQ, what do we do with it?
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Yavanie
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| Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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NancyBrook,
how about a section on where to look up your own info on the character like which sources and any websites that people might find interesting.
maybe as a seperate piece near the end of the list people could post a comparison of what was in the movies versus the books if that character appeard (or was left out) of the movies.
my two cents.
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Scribe
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| Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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| SpaceWeavil wrote: | | Apologies if this has been asked before, but once we have our FAQ, what do we do with it? |
Well I would like it to be placed in the Library for all writers to peruse. I think it would be a great reference tool for everyone.
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Scribe wrote: | | SpaceWeavil wrote: | | Apologies if this has been asked before, but once we have our FAQ, what do we do with it? |
Well I would like it to be placed in the Library for all writers to peruse. I think it would be a great reference tool for everyone.
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OK, so do we post each one individually, or is it a collaborative effort, if so where or to whom do we send the FAQs?
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:43 am Post subject: |
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| Yavanie wrote: | | how about a section on where to look up your own info on the character like which sources and any websites that people might find interesting. |
Hmmmm.  I've been puzzling about this all weekend and I would discourage this since we've discussed using primary sources and shying away from secondary sources like internet encyclopedia (not always reliable) for our own content. Of course, if an individual author wants to do this I say, OK, but with a caveat included, please.
| Yavanie wrote: | | maybe as a seperate piece near the end of the list people could post a comparison of what was in the movies versus the books if that character appeard (or was left out) of the movies. |
Sure, that could be done. I think it would help amend movie/book confusion. Again, let's just have everything as carefully noted as possible so readers know where whatever info came from.
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:46 am Post subject: |
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| SpaceWeavil wrote: | | OK, so do we post each one individually, or is it a collaborative effort |
I suggest we post individually, as we have our FAQs ready.
| spaceweavil wrote: | | if so where or to whom do we send the FAQs? |
Scribe's guidelines in the Library section say anyone wanting to post should contact her so this is really for her to answer.
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Cadiliniel
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| Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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I'd love to do Denethor! This a great idea and should prove very useful! 
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:59 am Post subject: |
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Here is my current list of claimed characters and the OSA members that have (been  ) volunteered to write Character Sketches/FAQs about them:
Boromir - Nancy Brooke
Denethor - Cadiliniel
Elrond - Spaceweevil
Faramir - Leila
Feanor - Thuriniel
Fingolfin - BB
Legolas - Leila
Merry - SilverMoonQueen
Oropher - Sindohte
Pippin - SilverMoonQueen
Sauron - Andreth
Thranduil - Sindohte
Any characters not listed are up for grabbing. PM me or post here if you are interested.
I have sent a template to Scribe and am waiting on her input before opening (or she opens, I'm not sure which is appropriate) the Library section where we may post our Character sketches.
Thanks, everybody, for your interest and participation in this project.
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